A statement from Andy Meng, the executive president of the
fraternity, says the Baruch Colony “violated the values and rules of our
organization, including our strict no hazing policy.”

The statement goes on to say the fraternity plans to “revoke
the individual memberships of any member found involved in this incident.”

Deng, a 19-year-old freshman and pledge at Pi Delta Psi,
died Dec. 9 while at a weekend retreat at a rented house in the Poconos with
about three dozen fraternity members.

According to a police affidavit, Deng, one of four pledges, suffered
major brain trauma Dec. 8 during an initiation ritual called
the ”glass ceiling,” reports CBS New York.

Police said Deng was blindfolded and wearing a backpack loaded with 20
pounds of sand when he was forced to run a gauntlet while fraternity brothers
physically tried to keep him from passing through by repeatedly shoving him to
the ground.

Deng was left “unconscious and unresponsive immediately
after he fell” with “scratches and bruising on his knees,” according to the
affidavit, reports the station. Investigators reportedly said Deng also had
swelling to the back of his head.

Instead of calling 911, police said the frat brothers carried Deng inside
and placed him by the fire, searched the Internet for his symptoms
and changed his clothes, CBS New York reported.

Then, after waiting at least an hour and a half, three of
the brothers drove him to a hospital 30 miles away, authorities said.
There, Deng’s mother arrived to find her son brain-dead and on life
support. He died hours later, according to the station.

Police said one of the brothers made a phone call from the hospital
directing others back at the house to get rid of all fraternity items and
another admitted to being the “pledge educator” in charge of Deng during the
ritual, according to the station.

Toxicology and alcohol tests for Deng reportedly came back negative. It’s
unclear whether any other members of the fraternity were tested for drugs or
alcohol at the time.

Baruch College administrators said the school had no knowledge of the weekend
retreat or even that Pi Delta Psi was rushing a pledge class.

Nationally, Pi Delta Psi has had hazing problems in recent
years, CBS New York reported. Last year, the University of Florida chapter was
suspended because of hazing and in spring 2009, the Cornell University chapter
was put on provisional status after video tape surfaced of a pledge being
hazed.

Following Deng’s death, the fraternity was suspended
from Baruch College.